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New Law: Police permit required no matter how many people.

R4g3

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http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUKTRE53C2MM20090413

Singapore says new law will prevent meeting disruption

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore passed a law affecting freedom of assembly on Monday it said would help prevent the sort of disruption of international meetings that caused the cancellation of a summit in Thailand last weekend.

An opposition member of parliament, however, said the rules would tighten restrictions on Singaporeans' rights.

Singapore is due to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November.

Law Minister K Shanmugam and other government lawmakers told parliament the Public Order Bill, introduced last month, was needed to prevent trouble at such conferences.

"The backdrop of current events in Thailand, with the international leaders having to leave the conference by helicopter hurriedly, showed very tellingly the need for this legislation," he said.

Bangkok called off the summit of leaders from Southeast and East Asian countries on Saturday after anti-government protesters swarmed into the meeting's venue in the beach resort of Pattaya.

Shanmugam said the government would do everything it could to make hosting APEC, an annual gathering of leaders from 21 economies, including such economic heavy-hitters as the United States, Japan, China and Russia, a success.

"Singapore cannot afford the luxury of having this meeting disrupted," said Shanmugam.

The law loosens some rules applying to indoor gatherings, but allows police to order a person to leave an area if they determine he is about to break the law.

All outdoor activities that are cause-related will need a police permit, no matter how many people are involved. That is a change from the current law requiring a permit for gatherings of five or more people.

The bill allows police to stop people from filming law enforcement if it could put officers in danger. The bill cited live media coverage of Indian police trying to rescue hostages in the Mumbai attacks last November as posing risks to the officers.

Legislator Sylvia Lim of the opposition Workers' Party told parliament the government was taking advantage of political struggle in Thailand to "justify the implementation of draconian laws to inhibit the basic rights of Singaporeans further."

"As long as this government respects and upholds democracy, the problems now we are seeing in Thailand will not happen here," said Lim, one of the three parliamentarians to vote against the bill.

"But if the government wants to tinkle with individual freedom and democracy to an oppressive level it will actually become the source of public order problems."

(Reporting by Nopporn Wong-Anan; Editing by Jerry Norton)


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if this is the case, i suggest everyone go apply for permit, no matter for a bbq, a chalet, cycling activities, an outdoor birthday celebration or even those folks doing there taiji in the morning, if that is what they want.

eg.:

Venue: HDB downstair basketball court.
Number of People: 15
Cause: Morning Exercise
Vote for Last GE: Pappies
 

JinGanKor

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All outdoor activities that are cause-related will need a police permit, no matter how many people are involved. That is a change from the current law requiring a permit for gatherings of five or more people.

The bill allows police to stop people from filming law enforcement if it could put officers in danger. The bill cited live media coverage of Indian police trying to rescue hostages in the Mumbai attacks last November as posing risks to the officers.


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if this is the case, i suggest everyone go apply for permit, no matter for a bbq, a chalet, cycling activities, an outdoor birthday celebration or even those folks doing there taiji in the morning, if that is what they want.

eg.:

Venue: HDB downstair basketball court.
Number of People: 15
Cause: Morning Exercise
Vote for Last GE: Pappies

Since when were the poodles in danger? filming them will make them melt? in danger in terms of their lies being expose? their ugly side shown to the world?

yes everyone should go apply and keep them busy.

venue: East Coast BBQ pits
number: 5 + 6
cause: celebrate my dog give birth to 5 pappies
vote for last ge: walkover la, vote simi vote?
 

tonychat

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Since when were the poodles in danger? filming them will make them melt? in danger in terms of their lies being expose? their ugly side shown to the world?

yes everyone should go apply and keep them busy.

venue: East Coast BBQ pits
number: 5 + 6
cause: celebrate my dog give birth to 5 pappies
vote for last ge: walkover la, vote simi vote?

You still do not understand. Trying putting yourself in the shoe of a coward, then you will understand why such rule exists.
 

JinGanKor

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You still do not understand. Trying putting yourself in the shoe of a coward, then you will understand why such rule exists.

i fully understand. here is a story,

an 8 year old boy was quarreling with a 4 year old boy. They wanted to settle it with a fight.

Before the fight. the older boy said: "this is my house and i set the rule.

1st you cannot use any weapon including stones or sticks which does not belongs to you, but I can since this is my house.

2nd both your leg must be tied up in case you run away from the fight.

3rd you cannot get help from other people outside this house.

4th you can only get help within this house but as this is my house all the people are on my side.

5th find 5 more people and we fight a 6 vs 6, if you cannot find we will fight with whatever you have.

6th Fight!"

in the end 6 older kids beat up the poor little boy, and after 5 mins the older boy raise his hand and declared "TOTAL VICTORY!"
 

R4g3

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i fully understand. here is a story,

an 8 year old boy was quarreling with a 4 year old boy. They wanted to settle it with a fight.

Before the fight. the older boy said: "this is my house and i set the rule.

1st you cannot use any weapon including stones or sticks which does not belongs to you, but I can since this is my house.

2nd both your leg must be tied up in case you run away from the fight.

3rd you cannot get help from other people outside this house.

4th you can only get help within this house but as this is my house all the people are on my side.

5th find 5 more people and we fight a 6 vs 6, if you cannot find we will fight with whatever you have.

6th Fight!"

in the end 6 older kids beat up the poor little boy, and after 5 mins the older boy raise his hand and declared "TOTAL VICTORY!"

6 older kid beat up a little boy and so proud of it, just like some old fart and pink gays.
 

tonychat

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i fully understand. here is a story,

an 8 year old boy was quarreling with a 4 year old boy. They wanted to settle it with a fight.

Before the fight. the older boy said: "this is my house and i set the rule.

1st you cannot use any weapon including stones or sticks which does not belongs to you, but I can since this is my house.

2nd both your leg must be tied up in case you run away from the fight.

3rd you cannot get help from other people outside this house.

4th you can only get help within this house but as this is my house all the people are on my side.

5th find 5 more people and we fight a 6 vs 6, if you cannot find we will fight with whatever you have.

6th Fight!"

in the end 6 older kids beat up the poor little boy, and after 5 mins the older boy raise his hand and declared "TOTAL VICTORY!"

Yes.. exactly. That is what i am referring to.
 

PAPsupporter

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Our great PAP government has done a great job by changing and including such regulations and laws to prevent such social outbreaks and unrest in Thailand from happening in Singapore in the future. Our great PAP government knew how important it is to keep everyone in Singapore safe. Well done PAP. :smile:
 

halsey02

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"All outdoor activities that are cause-related will need a police permit, no matter how many people are involved"

Every night a gropu of ten, ah peks & ah sohs gather at the Pavilion, can I report them for an illegal assembly?...
 

ChaoPappyPoodle

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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin
 

denzuko1

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I have a problem, I am married with 2 kids, and every time we go out as a family. Does that mean I have to apply for permit? Worse still, going to bed at night means a gathering of 4 person, it will be a nightmare to apply permit for all these activities.:biggrin:
 

pia

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I have a problem, I am married with 2 kids, and every time we go out as a family. Does that mean I have to apply for permit? Worse still, going to bed at night means a gathering of 4 person, it will be a nightmare to apply permit for all these activities.:biggrin:

Walk in a single file, 50m apart. This shld solve OUR problems :biggrin:
 

TeeKee

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if this is the case, i suggest everyone go apply for permit, no matter for a bbq, a chalet, cycling activities, an outdoor birthday celebration or even those folks doing there taiji in the morning, if that is what they want.

eg.:

Venue: HDB downstair basketball court.
Number of People: 15
Cause: Morning Exercise
Vote for Last GE: Pappies

i takes a retard to come up with such laws.

it takes a bigger retard to vote for such laws.

i rest my case! :biggrin:
 

angie II

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"Bo pian leh.. emperor lee say one"
 

takcheksian

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You still do not understand. Trying putting yourself in the shoe of a coward, then you will understand why such rule exists.

I second u bruder.

If poodles are not supporting Leegime against the peasants, they have nothing to fear. They have no face to lose. No one will blame them for carrying out their duties.

When police action supports tyrannical oppression, they are paiseh to be filmed.

Nobody dare to harm mata in Singapore. Matas are scared to be filmed because their relatives and family will hantem them. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
 

littlefish

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Ah, Singapore is such a <strong>UNIQUE</strong> country.

All my overseas friends always ask me the following questions:
1) Is it true that you get a fine for not flushing toilets? How does this law get enforced?
2) Is it true that people urinate in lifts and there are cameras in the lifts to catch people doing so?
3) Is it true that chewing gum is banned in Singapore?
4) Is it true that your PM is paid shitloads of money?

Now I can probably expect two more to be added to the list:
5) Is it true that you can't even hold a peaceful protest by yourself?
6) Is it true that police can arrest you even if you haven't committed any crime, as long as they determine that you are about to commit a crime?

Nowadays, I find it really embarrassing to tell people I am from Singapore and my nationality is becoming more of a laughing stock rather than an asset by the day.
 

methink

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Well our First World gahmen want to make a laughing stock of themselves, what can we do?

Which First World countries you know of... cannot protest one?
 
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